Definition of "wash-basket" [wash-basket]

• A circular shallow basket holding about a peck, with a bail handle, used in oystering. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The story was briefly told of how it had got into the wash-basket after having been found in Daddy's pocket and taken to the office."
• "And he was thinking so much about this and laughing so with Arnold and Mirabell that he never stopped to think of the Calico Clown in among the handkerchiefs he had put in the wash-basket."
• ""But the other thing is merely the common or domestic variety of wash-basket, is it not?""